Oakland County Takes House For $8.41 Property Tax Mistake
I’m sorry, you were off by less than a $10 bill on your taxes. We’ll take your house now.
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City Spends $300,000 Extra On Construction Projects To Pay Union Wages
When government is spending taxpayer money it should be obligated to do projects with an eye toward costs first. Unfortunately some politicians think padding wages for politically connected unions on your dime is OK. (From Michigan Capitol Confidential) a review...
The $18 Billion Electric-Car Bubble at Risk of Bursting in China
We have plenty of EV cronyism in this country, however in China the world’s Ultimate Crony Capitalist State, they are on another level. And when the car commissar says that pain is on the way for EV firms investors would...
Former Peruvian president facing charges of cronyism/corruption, kills self
Corruption and desperation often go together.
An Unexpected Scandal Threatens To Cripple Amazon
Amazon has become one of the most crony of companies. The storm around the DoD’s “JEDI” cloud computing contract is a prime example of this.
Toll Booth Crony Capitalism
Beware the “public/private partnership.” They are often boondoggles for the connected. In this case the story swirls around one maga-firm, Conduent.
Subsidize the sugar cartel?
Sugar and cocaine have many similarities. They both operate on similar parts of the brain, both are addictive, and both businesses are dominated by cartels.
‘Middle-class Joe’ cozied up to credit card companies and made filing for bankruptcy harder
We remember when Biden’s bill happened. The housing bubble was just about to pop and the credit card companies had a feeling something was coming.
Tell the USDA: “Product of USA” Should Mean Product of USA
The “Product of USA” sticker on the meat we buy in the supermarket should mean just that, but doesn’t because big food producers don’t want it to mean what it says. This is a shameful case of government-sanctioned and...
